Secondary
The Cornerstone Academy
Blandford Close, Hamworthy, Poole, BH15 4BQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 645 of 900 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
37%
41.0
7th of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Poole we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.73 |
| Entered the EBacc | 23% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 31% |
| 24/25 | 37% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.78 |
| 22/23 | +0.19 |
| 23/24 | -0.03 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.5 |
| 22/23 | 42.1 |
| 23/24 | 40.7 |
| 24/25 | 41.0 |
Blandford Close, Hamworthy, Poole, BH15 4BQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Chris Phillips
- Address
- Blandford Close, Hamworthy, Poole, BH15 4BQ
- Telephone
- 01202676789